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Needing very little introduction, we also have the famous Elf army: Bad Elf (12x50cl, 4.5%), Black Elf (12x50cl, 4.5%), Very Bad Elf (7.5% 12x50cl), Seriously Bad Elf (12x50cl 9%), Criminally Bad Elf (12x50cl 10.5%), Insanely Bad Elf (24x33cl 11.2%). And not being anything to do with Elves, other than I guess it's something that elves like to kick at this time of year, we also have Santa’s Butt (12x50cl 6%)

Friday, 8 July 2016

You can look out of the window and disagree if you want, but it’s summer, and summer is cider season! We’ve recently rejigged our offering from Sheppy’s to include three of flavoured ciders (Raspberry, Blackberry & Elderflower, and Elderflower, all at 4%) as well as their bicentenary cider Old Conky (5%). The range from Welsh producers Gwynt Y Ddraig continues to be popular, and Thistly Cross is certainly worth a look too, with sales of their Whisky Cask Cider picking up lately. We also have the last few cases of Norcott’s Cranberry (4%) on clearance currently (dated December 2016)

We’ve been watching Northern Monk Brewing Co since their inception a few years back, and this year when they won bronze with Eternal (4.1%) at the World Beer Cup this year in the Session IPA category, we thought the time was right to list their beers. It’s officially one of the three best session IPAs in the world! Alongside Eternal, we also have New World IPA (6.2%), Communion (5.1% American pale ale, arriving in stock Wednesday 13th), and a one-off special Heathen (7.2% single-hopped Citra IPA). These are all in 34x33cl cans.

Also riding high from success at the World Beer Cup, Thornbridge Brewery have pulled off an unprecedented double – gold and silver in the same category (Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer). Both beers are sour red ales aged in Burgundy barrels, Days Of Creation (7%, aged on raspberries) and Love Among The Ruins (7%, aged on cherries). The packaging is super-premium, and we are offering single bottle picks on these.

We’ve been impressed by the quality of the beers Wylam Brewery have released recently, and these are all packaged in natty craft-compliant 12x33cl cases. The range comprises the excellent Jakehead IPA (6.3%), Hickey The Rake (4.2% Mosaic-heavy “Limonata ultra-pale ale”), Le Saisonnier (5.4% lemon balm and rosemary saison), Nomi Sorachi (5.3% Sorachi Ace-hopped American pale ale), All Gone South (6% New Zealand hopped pale ale) and Haxan (6% spiced black witbier)Just up the road from us in Malton, a foodie mecca of North Yorkshire, are Bad Seed Brewery. We’ve listed their current core beers, and will be adding specials as they become available. Currently, the range is: IPA (7%), Cascade (5.4% single-hopped pale ale), Saison (6%, brewed with honey, ginger & grains of paradise) and Espresso Stout (6.5%). Beers are packed in 18x33cl.

Liverpool’s Mad Hatter Brewery have built a reputation for themselves over the last couple of years, both for their hop-forward beers and their more unusual offerings. Supply on these is limited, but we’re pleased to be able to offer three of their beers: Tzatziki Sour (4.2%), Te Punga (6.5% Antipodean IPA) and Down The Rabbit Hole (8.4% Belgian red ale with lots of Columbus hops)On the Transatlantic front, we have a new canned beer from Firestone Walker: Luponic Distortion (Revolution No. 001, 5.9%) is the first in an ever-changing series of experiments with different hop varieties. And from Stone Brewing, we now have 3 beers listed – IPA (6.9%), Go To IPA (4.5%), and Cali-Belgique IPA (6.9%).

Monday, 29 February 2016

Before we get into March, let’s wave goodbye to February with a beer that’s being launched this weekend at Craft Beer Rising in London. Outlaw Brewing Co is the experimental arm of Roosters, mainly responsible for smaller volume one-offs and “quirky stuff” (as it’s technically known). So say hello to Roots Rock Reggae (6.4%, pineapple and grapefruit IPA). I’m not sure there’s much more to say, other than it’s a small-batch one-off, so likely to sell out quickly.

Now, let’s ring March in with a triumvirate of tasty of tasty treats from New Zealand. First up, 8 Wired Brewing. Hopwired IPA (7.3%) is made with all NZ ingredients, both malt and (perhaps more importantly) hops, delivering a tropical fruit salad of flavour. Tall Poppy (7%) is their red IPA – lots of hops but also a caramel malt backbone. And also iStout (10.5%), a big, brooding imperial stout.

Next up, two beers from Tuatara Brewing Co. Sauvinova (5.2%) is their single-hopped IPA, made solely from Nelson Sauvin hops. And APA (Aotearoa Pale Ale, 5.8% - we’ll be giving a prize to the first person who pronounces that correctly over the phone) is a straight-down-the-line American pale ale made with New Zealand hops.

Finally, Yeastie Boys are a duo of “beer activists” without a brewery, in the tried-and-tested gypsy style of Mikkeller, To Øl and a host of others. Their beers were originally brewed at Invercargill Brewery, New Zealand, but this batch has been brewed at Brewdog’s new plant up at Ellon – no worries about quality control there. Three beers from them: Digital IPA (5.7%), Gunnamatta (6.5% earl grey IPA), and Pot Kettle Black (6% porter).

While we’re talking BrewDog, we should probably mention that we have stocks of their freshly-canned grapefruit IPA, Elvis Juice (6.5%), alongside a new release, the start of a single-hopped series of session IPA, the first being Ace of Simcoe (4.5%).

As part of an ongoing effort to promote what we think are great but overlooked breweries, please do have a look at the current offering from Mallinsons. They mainly brew what is broadly known as “pale ‘n’ hoppy”, majoring on single hop pale ales. Our current range from them includes: Chinook, Mount Hood, Ella, Simcoe, Summit, Bramling Cross, Sorachi Ace and Centennial, plus some multi hop beers Lockwood and Twin Peaks.

We’ve a couple of new beers from Arbor Ales (as we do every week, seemingly) Shangri-La (4.2% session ale with lots of US hops) and a welcome return to their Triple Hop (4% Chinook Citra Galaxy).

A delivery from Weird Beard has seen the return of Decadence Stout (5.5%), Sadako (9.2% imperial stout, in bombers only), Out of Office (7% coffee IPA).

Thursday, 1 October 2015

Without wishing to make every moan by using the C-word, we are starting to see the first of our Christmas beers arriving, with the full complement expected to be with us by mid-October. We’ll be offering a dozen British beers, along with half a dozen Belgians, plus any other seasonal ones that we get offered. We do try every year to source new beers, but many breweries’ schedules mean that their Christmas special aren’t available until late November available. However, we have commissioned a brew from Wiper & True, which will sit nicely alongside the mix of contemporary and classic beers from Ilkley, Ridgeway, Salopian, Saltaire, Great Heck, Rudgate, and no doubt a few others will appear over the next few weeks.

On a seasonal tip, Brewdog have released their autumnal pumpkin ale, Pumpkin King (5.4%), along with a more malt-driven altbier, Candy Kaiser (5%). Keeping the hoppy beers to the fore, we have the latest in the series Hello My Name Is….Holy Moose (5.5%, no, we’ve no idea either, but it’s a Scandinavian berry IPA with sea buckthorn). And finally, behind a beautifully illustrated label, we have an imperial stout with vanilla, cacao and lactose, Hinterland (9%).

Also coming out of the Brewdog beer lab we have the latest release from Mikkeller – Pale Ale Swindle (5.6%), a punchy copper-gold pale ale with bags of citrus character.

In line with the autumnal turn in the weather, we have refreshed our range of Lindisfarne fruit wines and meads. On the wine front, we now have: Ginger, Mulled, Raspberry, Cherry, Strawberry, Elderflower, Blueberry, Black Beer & Honey, Blackberry, and Blackcurrant, along with a couple of new meads – Pink Mead, with a twist of orange, and Spiced Mead.The Transatlantic Rainbow Project 2015 (you can click here for a Google of the relevant info)has yielded some interesting collaborations, and we currently have available the collab between Siren Craft Brew and Surly Brewing Co, Blue Sky Blue Sea (5%), a cloudberry and seaweed gose, as well as the Wild Beer Co and Firestone Walker collab Violet Underground (5%, wild ale). And we’re obviously delighted that our friends at Magic Rock Brewing have sent us a few cases of their collab with Cigar CityCigarro Roja Magica (6.5% red IPA with grapefruit).

Chorlton Brewing Co have been on a bit of a research tour of late, trying to find out more about Berliner weisse by going to Germany and drinking lots of it (I know, what a job, eh?). The current version of their Woodruff Berliner has been bottled with a strain of wild yeast isolated from a 30 year-old bottle of Willner Brauerei Weissebier Export – make of that what you will! Their current range also includes Farmhouse IPA (7.5%), Sandalwood Ale (6.7%), Ahtanum Sour (5.6%) and arriving shortly, Victoria Sour (5.6%, dry-hopped with Australian Victoria’s Secret Hops), Woodruff Berliner (3.8%), and Dark Matter (6.8% imperial black gose).

About a year ago, we got in touch with Bermondsey-based Brew By Numbers to see if they were interested in selling us some of their delicious beer. At that time, their production capacity meant that they were struggling to meet the demands of their existing customers, let alone taking on any new ones. Happily, they have recently increased capacity, so we’ve added them as what we hope will be a permanent listing. Current stocks are Saison Classic (5.5%), Brown Ale (6%), Session IPA Amarillo (4%), 5C IPA (6.4%).

AND FINALLY we are delighted to announce the overdue arrival of Thornbridge Tart (6%), a “Bakewell Sour” brewed in collaboration with Wild Beer Co (they have been lately, haven't they?). Tart is a golden yellow colour, refreshingly tart and dry with a combination of citrusy hops and flavours of grapefruit and bitter lemon. The name Tart is inspired by the Bakewell delicacy where we are based and accurately describes the flavour of the beer in a single word.

Thursday, 13 August 2015

You won’t want to hear this, but we’ve recently done the majority of our ordering for Christmas. This is a funny time of year, as there always seems to be a slight lull in sales, but we still have a few new things to tell you about.

Our shiny new friends at Vocation Brewery have released a couple of new beers. Divide & Conquer (black IPA, 6.5%) and Life & Death (IPA, cans only, 6.5%) join their compadres Pride & Joy (American pale ale, 5.5%) and Heart & Soul (session IPA, 4.4%). If you haven’t tried these yet, please do - they are very much on our “go to” list.

You may have already gleaned this from our weekly mailout (let us know if you’re not receiving these), but Wild Beer Co are the latest brewery to have heavily invested in a canning line, with excellent (and handsome) results. We are currently holding stocks of their Madness IPA (6.8%), Fresh Pale Ale (5.5%) and Bibble (session ale, 4.2%). We also have some of their new annual release The Blend (geuze-style multi-aged wild-fermented blend, 4.7%)

Arbor Ales have bolstered their current range with some specials. Red Henry (5.5%) is a red ale made with German and English malts, plus four different American hop varieties. Motueka IPA (6.7%) does what it says on the bottle, and Fuzzy Logic (7%) is a Nelson Sauvin-hoped saison, enhanced with the addition of several hundred kiwi fruit. Oh, and by popular demand, we have both their Yakima IPA and peerless, award-winning Breakfast Stout back in stock too!

Despite best efforts from the brewery, supplies of Beavertown beers continue to be a bit patchy. We currently have stocks of Gamma Ray (5.4%), Neck Oil (4.3%), Quelle Saison (summer special dry-hopped saison, 4.1%), Smog Rocket (5.4%), Holy Cowbell (5.6%), as well as a tiny allocation juice-spiked sours Lemon Phantom (3%) and Yuzilla Phantom (4.5%). These are available w/c 17th August, as half-case allocations – sorry we have to do this, but there is very little to go around.

A delivery from Siren Craft Brew has brought a new special – All Bretts Are Off (4.5%), a 100% brett-fermented English-style bitter, brewed in collaboration with Colorado’s Crooked Stave brewery. We also have a re-brew of their Hill Farmstead collab Love Of Work, to augment the total number of Siren beers to EIGHTEEN (count ‘em!)

Some one-liners to finish off:

The ever-excellent Thornbridge have released a strawberry-infused blond ale called I Love You Will You Marry Me (4.5%).

Marble have just released La Petite Toulousaine (4.7%), a pale ale with grapefruit and lemongrass.

Tempest have added Farmhouse Ale (saison, 5.1%) to their excellent and extensive range of superb and reasonably-priced beers.

Friday, 3 July 2015

We’re really excited about this new listing. Vocation Brewery haven’t been in action very long, but they’ve hit the ground running, and the two beers we have from them currently are both excellent. Heart & Soul (4.4% session IPA) and Pride & Joy (5.3% American pale ale) are the opening two beers from a range of four. As a calling card, these look and taste great.

This year’s collab from Wild Beer Co and Beavertown Brewery has just hit the warehouse. Blubus Maximus (5.5%, 75cl only) is gently tart fruit beer, subtly enhance with bay leaves and ton of blueberries. That’s not a figure of speech – it was literally a ton.

Continuing the West Country collab theme, Arbor Ales have a brace of collabs in their current range. First, a wonderfully aromatic red ale with Italian craft brewery Mezzo Passo. Basta Rosse (5.5%) is chock full of delicious Mosaic and Cascade hops. And secondly, Bonsai (6.5%) is a collab IPA with Welsh urchins Tiny Rebel.

Cloudwater Brewery have upped their output substantially, so we hope to feature their beers as a permanent listing, subject to brewery supply. We currently have IPA (6.8%), Session IPA (4.5%), Lager (5.5%) and Simcoe Hopfenweisse (6%).

A pallet from Siren Craft Brew has yielded 4 (count ‘em!) collab specials. Mum’s The Word (5.5%), a cherry and chipotle milk porter, is a collab with Arizona Wilderness Brewing. Uncle Zester (8.5%) a sour-citrus braggot (a mead-beer hybrid – lots of honey here) is a collab with B. Nektar of Ferndale Michigan. Quadrophenia (9.3%), a quadruppel-style dark ale is a collab with Jackie O Brewery of Athens Ohio. And closer to home, Mrs Brown (9%) is a bourbon-aged imperial brown ale with maple syrup and pecans, brewed in collab with Huddersfield’s very own Magic Rock Brewing.

Pressure Drop have added a new IPA to their range. ENZ (7.1%) is a south pacific IPA, heavy with New Zealand hops. Also back in stock is their summer witbier Wallbanger (4.7%), Pale Fire (4.8%), Bosko Absoluto (9%), Wu Gang Chops The Tree (3.8%) and Street Porter (6.5%).

On the American front, we currently have stocks of Odell Runoff Red IPA (6.5%), shortly to be joined (w/c 29th June) by their IPA (7%), summer seasonal St Lupulin (6.5%), Loose Leaf (4.5%), and Cutthroat Porter (4.8%). Summer beers from Brooklyn and Anchor are also currently in stock.

Weird Beard Brew Co have just released Upside To A Down Day (5.5%), a breakfast black IPA, and we currently have stocks of their always-popular Little Things That Kill (3.9%), Faceless Spreadsheet Ninja (5.5%), Hive Mind (5.6%) and Dark Hopfler (2.5%), as well as their extensive core range.Ilkley Brewery have carried out a bit of light rebranding to their Mary Jane IPA. This has been repackaged in 33cl bottles, in packs of 12, and shall henceforth be known as Mary Jane Export (6%).

Wednesday, 8 April 2015

We have a new listing this month from Danish gypsy brewer To Øl. Pictured is their double IPA Dangerously Close To Stupid, but the range encompasses everything from IPA to Berliner Weisse (Like Weisse) to Imperial Liquorice Chili Stout (Liquorice Confidence).

In fact, I’m breaking the news after the event, as many of you will know, as we have gone through a huge amount of stock in record time. We still have a reasonable range of beers, but are down to single figures of cases on a lot of them, with the next shipment scheduled for mid-late April, so it’s very much a case of grab them while you can.

After a couple of weeks of absence, we’ve just had a restock from Seven Brothers (or Seven Bro7hers), who have added a summery Strawberry & Elderflower Session Ale (3.8%) to their remarkably reasonably-priced range, which comprises an IPA, an EPA (English pale ale with citrus zest) and a Stout.

We have recently expanded out Belgian range somewhat, with the arrival of Chouffe beers in small format – La Chouffe, McChouffe, Houblon and Soleil are now all available in 24x33cl. Also just arrived, Duvel Triple Hop 2015 (9.5%) (hopped with Equinox this year), plus a range of harder-to-find large format bottles – Rodenbach Vintage 2012 75cl, HORALs Geuze Megablend 2013 75cl (a blend of young and old lambic from all 8 HORAL members - 3 Fonteinen, Boon, De Oude Cam, De Troch, Hanssens, Lindemans, Oud Beersel, Tilquin and Timmermans), Malheur Brut and Dark Brut. We also have new gift packs from Chouffe, Rochefort and Brugse Zot.

We have a couple of new Siren Craft Brew beers listed since last we spoke. Love Of Work (3.6%) is a collab brew with Hill Farmstead, a pale golden ale brewed with Earl Grey tea. Also just arrived is their collab with Omnipollo, Life is A Peach (IPA with peaches and lactose, 6.4%), which is a recipe scaled up from their latest homebrew competition. Liquid Mistress (5.7%, red IPA) is also now back in stock.

A delivery from Wiper & True brings a few new beers. A very drinkable session porter Mount Hood (3%), and two saisons – Prelude (4.1%) and The Breeze (3.4%) – all point to the arrival of spring, which frankly, is something I’m sure we would all welcome.

Beavertown Brewery have had a fairly massive hiccup in production, as I’m sure you are aware. Stocks are starting to get back to normal, although we currently only have Neck Oil, Holy Cowbell (a new listing – 5.6% “India Stout”) and Black Betty in the warehouse, with a delivery of Gamma Ray due to arrive shortly. A re-brew of their staggeringly popular blood orange IPA Bloody ‘Ell has been scheduled for release mid-April – we will be keeping you posted on this. Literally anything could happen.

AND FINALLY, it wouldn’t be a monthly flyer without another new Thornbridge beer. This month, it’s Bear State, a 7% West Coast IPA.